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Children call 911 after being left alone by Deltona babysitter, deputies say

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Updated: 6:54 PM EST Jan 12, 2018

Children call 911 after being left alone by Deltona babysitter, deputies say

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Updated: 6:54 PM EST Jan 12, 2018

DELTONA, Fla. —

A Deltona woman is accused of leaving three young children home alone for over 2 1/2 hours.

Jeanne Burns, 59, was arrested Thursday and charged with three counts of child neglect.

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Deputies said they received a 911 call from a Deltona home that became disconnected. When dispatchers called back, they spoke to one of the three children, who ranged in ages from 5 to 8 years old.

When deputies arrived at the home, they said the children refused to open the door, but a fourth child arrived at the house and gave them Burns' phone number.

Investigators said Burns was babysitting the children and initially told them she had left the house to go to Walgreens, but later said she went to her own home to sleep, which was why her eyes were glassy.

The children's mother, who investigators said was at work, was called back to the home.